Wall for railway cars



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Patented Apr. 12,1932;

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PATENT oFFlcEv WALTER E. I'URPI-IY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR .TO UNION METAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE WALL FOR RAILWAY CARS Application led April 19,

My invention relates to walls for railway house cars comprising a metallic exterior sheathing and interior wooden lining with metallic posts therebetween and the object of the invention is to reinforce lthe wooden lin ing against-.theshifting lading by forming offset panels in the metallic sheathing between adjacent posts, which panels bear against and back up the wooden lining so as to reinforce it against deflection.

While efforts are made to block the lading in the car the shocks caused by the heavy locomotive, emergency air brake and the classi? iication hump, tear the lading away from its moorings and throw it against the end wall of the car and the lateral weaving of the car throws it against the side wall of the car.

Y Another object l1s te provide nailing strips for the lwooden lining which are secured to the postsV and formed so as to spacey the wooden lining away from the posts to provide a smooth nailing surface even though the nailing strip should shrink. It is preferable to have the lining bear against the nailing strip rather than against the metallic post.

Another object is to form an odset panel in the metallic sheathing to reinforce and strengthen thewall and at the same time provide a bearing surface for the lining boards.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows an end of a railway box car having one form of my improved device applied thereon.

Fi'g. 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. l shows an end wall of a railway car comprising a modified construction of my device.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on line (S+-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 shows a modied post arrangement.

The usual railway box car is provided with an end sill 1; end plate 2 and corner posts 3 1930. Serial No. 445,658.

which constitutes a rectangular frame for the end wall.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6 the end wall comprises a. plurality of metallic plates 5-6 secured together along a hori- Zontal line 7 forming a metallic sheathing which is secured to the end plate 2, end sill l and corner posts 3 in any convenient manner. The end posts 9 extend vertically and are secured lto the sill and plat-e respectively. The wooden lining 1() comprises a plurality of horizontal boards which are secured to the end posts 9 and also preferably to the corner posts of the car. In order to prevent the shifting lading from breaking the lining lbetween the several end posts or between an,

end post and the corner post, I form the metallic sheathing with'oset panels 12 between adjacent posts which engage the lining so as to reinforce it against deection.

The lining boards may be bolted to the end posts but I prefer to form each end post with a recess 13 int-o which a nailingstrip 15 is seated. This nailingvstrip is secured to the end postspreferably by .the bolts 16 and is extended so as to space the lining apart from the posts. The rnailing ystrip 15 and offset panels 12,0f the sheathing kare flush with each other so that they both support the linlng. e

In the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and2 the odset panels extend to adjacent the seainl? Y between the upper (5) andlowert) plates forming the metallic sheathing, whereas Fig. 4 shows a modified construction wherein the plates are secured together along vertical lines 2O and the offset panels 21 extend from adacent the end plate 2 to adjacent the end sill 1 of the car. The seaml'? forms a belt rail or girth which strengthens the end (or side) wall at a vital point (about a third of the distance between the sill 1 and plate 2) and also strengthens the embossed panels 5 and 6 by reducing their length.

I preferably space the end posts 9 so as torv divide the horizontal width of the end wall into substantially equal spaces, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so that the offset panels 2l may be made from the same dies.

Fig. 7 shows a modified construction wherein the end posts 24 have a central channel or recess into which the nailing strip 25 is fitted and secured thereto by bolts 26.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof, within the scope of the claims, will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. In a railway car, the combination of a plurality of posts, a met-allic sheathing com` prising a plurality of plates secured together along horizontal lines overlapping the outside of the posts and secured to the posts, a nailing strip attached to each of the posts and horizontal boards forming a wooden lining secured to the nailing strips, each of said plates formed with an odset panel between adjacent posts engaging the lining so as to reinforce it against deflection.

2. In a railway car having a horizontal sill and a horizontal plate, the combination of a plurality of vertical posts with their opposite ends secured respectively to the sill and plate, a metallic sheathing consisting of a plurality ot plates secured together on a horizontal line positioned on the outside of Said posts and secured thereto, each of said plates formed with an oi'fset panel with their sides terminating adjacent said posts, the panels in the upper plates terminating adjacent said plate and line, respectively, and the panels in the lower plates terminating adj acent said sill and line, respectively, so as to form a girth atsaid horizontal line.

3. In a railway car having a horizontal sill and a horizontal plate, the combination of a plurality of Vertical posts with their opposite ends secured respectively to the sill and plate, a metallic sheathing consising of a plurality of plates secured together :on a horizontal line positioned on the outside of said posts and secured thereto, each of said plates formed with an oifset panel with their sides terminating adjacent said posts, the panels in the upper plates terminating adjacent said plate and line, respectively, and the panels in the lower plates terminating adjacent said sill and line, respectively, so as to form a girth at said horizontal line, a wooden lining engaging the panels to reinforce them against deflection, and means to retain said lining in place.

4f. In a railway car having a horizontal sill and a horizontal plate, the combination of a plurality or' vertical posts with their opposite ends secured respectively to the sill WALTER I). MURPHY. 

